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Type 2 diabetes increases and metformin reduces total, colorectal, liver and pancreatic cancer incidences in Taiwanese: a representative population prospective cohort study of 800,000 individuals
BMC Cancer · 2011 · Vol. 11(1) · pp. 20–20
Meei-Shyuan Lee✉(National Defense Medical Center)Chih-Cheng Hsu(National Health Research Institutes)Mark L. Wahlqvist(National Health Research Institutes)Hsin-Ni Tsai(National Health Research Institutes)Yu‐Hung Chang(National Health Research Institutes)Yi-Chen Huang(National Health Research Institutes)
Abstract
Metformin can reduce the incidences of several gastroenterological cancers in treated diabetes.
Metabolism, Diabetes, and CancerDiet and metabolism studiesDiet, Metabolism, and DiseaseMedicineMetforminType 2 diabetesColorectal cancerSurgical oncologyPancreatic cancerProspective cohort studyInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusOncology
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AdultAgedDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansHypoglycemic AgentsLiver NeoplasmsMaleMetforminMiddle AgedPancreatic NeoplasmsProspective StudiesRegistriesSex FactorsTaiwan
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